Tropical flower

‘but we have a time when de soft rain come’

29 Oct 2013

This evening will see the launch of a new book - Teaching Caribbean Poetry - written for English teachers. The book is the latest outcome of an ambitious collaboration between the University of the West Indies and the University of Cambridge. 

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Graphene flagship sets sail

15 Oct 2013

The Graphene Flagship – one of Europe’s first ten-year, 1bn Euro flagships in Future and Emerging Technologies – has been launched.

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Tha'll do

Putting a price on our future

07 Oct 2013

Helping big businesses consider their impact on the environment is leading to a re-evaluation of activities to combine profitability with sustainability.

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Landfill site in Poland. The toolkit aims to encourage manufacturers to consider reusability, reparability and recycling at every stage of a product’s lifecycle, from design to the point of disposal.

Circular argument for a sustainable future

17 Sep 2013

A new online toolkit for manufacturers and retailers has been released to enable users to pinpoint areas in which their businesses could be made both more environmentally sustainable and profitable.

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Aligning sequences

New system to improve DNA sequencing

03 Apr 2013

A sensing system developed at Cambridge is being commercialised in the UK for use in rapid, low-cost DNA sequencing, which would make the prediction and diagnosis of disease more efficient, and individualised treatment more affordable.

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Ceaseless traffic

Keep on trucking

15 Feb 2013

Whether it’s a bag of oranges or a tank full of petrol, the commodities we rely on will have come down the motorway in a fleet of lorries crisscrossing the country to keep supermarket shelves full and fuel reservoirs topped up. Now a new Centre will look at how road freight can be made more sustainable.

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